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After experiencing a paralyzing stroke in 1995 and facing her own mortality, Elisabeth Kübler-Ross (author of the renowned On Death and Dying) realized she had some unfinished business to take care of. "I wanted to write one more book, not on death and dying, but on life and living," she explains. So she joined forces with coauthor David Kessler, a leader in the field of hospice care, and together they wrote about the lessons we can learn about living from those who are dying. As Kessler explains in his introduction, "The dying have always been teachers of great lessons, for it's when we are pushed to the edge of life that we see most clearly."
In days gone by, the community would have gathering places where children and adults listened to elders tell their stories of life's challenges and the meaning they found in life. In lieu of that kind of extended community, the authors offer this book, filled with stories from the edge. Then, like fireside elders, they weave these personal stories into themes, such as living authentically, the importance of play, finding one's power, loving relationships, and self-compassion. One cannot say enough about the lasting value of this beautifully written and carefully rendered book. This is your chance to see life from the 20/20 vision of hindsight. In the end what will we value most? Here are some hints: the days we surrendered and became calm, the times we healed that which was broken, and of course all the moments we opened ourselves to love. --Gail Hudson
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Is this really how I want to live my life?
Each one of us at some point asks this question. The tragedy is not that life is short but that we often see only in hindsight what really matters.
In this, her first book on life and living, Elisabeth Kubler-Ross joins with David Kessler to guide us through the practical and spiritual lessons we need to learn so that we can live life to its fullest in every moment. Many years of working with the dying have shown the authors that certain lessons come up over and over again. Some of these lessons are enormously difficult to master, but even the attempts to understand them can be deeply rewarding. Here, in fourteen accessible chapters, from the Lesson of Love to the Lesson of Happiness, the authors reveal the truth about our fears, our hopes, our relationships, and, above all, about the grandness of who we really are.
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This book will help you get out of the "hallways" of life.......2007-08-10
The quote from the book that stuck with me was from Ronnie Kaye author of Spinning Straw Into Gold. "In life when one door closes another door always opens, but the hallways are a bitch."
I read this book three years ago after my sister passed from cancer and really learned a lot from it. If you have had someone close to you die or know someone that has had the unpleasant experience of having to battle for their life every day, this book may be of some help to you in learning "how" to interact with them. Learning to cope with a disease is never easy for the patient or the family and friends. This book is a good attempt to help each of us do just that.
I recently picked the book up again after experiencing a missed opportunity that cost me five months salary. This book brought closure to the experience. The wisdom from this book has reinforced my decision not to seek a legal remedy through the court system as a solution to my difference of opinion with my former employer. It made me realize that in life, the reality is that some relationships just don't work out. It has saved me time, money and energy that otherwise may have been wasted. After finishing the book a second time, I walk away feeling like I have been given a gift. I have been given a second opportunity to change my life and move on.
Good Book.......2007-06-26
I learned so much from theis book. Elisabeth Kubler-Ross and David Kessler did a fine job.
A good read to refer to now and again for reminding you what's important in life.......2007-05-09
This book has a lot of good advice and insight to it. There are some referecences here and there to god and whatnot, and I'm not a religious person at all, but this book is not what some people may think because the ideas still apply regardless of your POV of spirituality; it's about lessons in life and isn't telling people to follow this or that or morals of any certain religion (the authors don't try to press that onto the reader). So, if you are anti-religious...and you start reading, notice such mentionings, plus you're turned off by such things, I advise you still don't pass over this book (it's not as if every-other word is "god" or something like that anyway). I would recommend this read to anyone. I really enjoyed it and it helped to remind me what parts in life are trivial compared to what's really important.
God Bless.......2007-05-07
I do not do surveys... Thank you... THe star is not my opinion...as I do not do surveys I placed a zero as a title...for my review
God Bless
Arthur C Parman
Worth the read.......2007-03-29
This book will open your eyes, your mind and your heart.
It will provide you with the truth and do so lovingly.
It is well worth the read and it's benefits are lasting ones.
I highly recommend Elisabeth Kubler-Ross to any and everyone.
I found her after I had lost my sister unexpectedly and all
of her books helped me to heal and to open myself in ways that
continue today. You will be blessed, so read her books.
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Have you ever looked at someone and thought:
He looks honest.
She seems friendly.
He doesn't look like a serial killer.
Are you always right?
Looks can be deceiving, but handwriting never lies. Handwriting profiling is an amazingly accurate tool for assessing how people think, feel, and act. In fact, handwriting profiling is so accurate that the FBI, the CIA, and the Israeli intelligence agency Mossad use it to build detailed psychological profiles of some of the world's most dangerous individuals. And thousands of major corporations use handwriting profiling to help them make the right hiring decisions.
Handwriting expert Michelle Dresbold -- the only civilian to be invited to the United States Secret Service's Advanced Document Examination training program -- draws on her extensive experience helping law enforcement agencies around the country on cases involving kidnapping, arson, forgery, murder, embezzlement, and stalking to take us inside the mysterious world of crossed t's and dotted i's.
In Sex, Lies, and Handwriting, Dresbold explains how a single sentence can provide insight into a person's background, psychology, and behavior. Throughout the book, Dresbold explores the handwriting of sly politicians, convicted criminals, notorious killers, suspected cheats, and ordinary people who've written to Dresbold's "The Handwriting Doctor" column for help. She shows you how to identify the signs of a dirty rotten scoundrel and a lying, cheating, backstabbing lover. And she introduces you to some of the most dangerous traits in handwriting, including weapon-shaped letters, "shark's teeth," "club strokes," and "felon's claws." (When you see these traits in someone's script, she says, "it's time to stop reading and start running!")
Dresbold also explains how criminals are tracked through handwritten clues and what spouses, friends, or employees might be hiding in their script.
Finally, Dresbold re-examines the handwriting evidence in several notorious unsolved cases. She uncovers fascinating clues that reveal the secret side of Lizzie Borden, acquitted of the ax murder of her parents in 1893's "trial of the century." Dresbold also reveals astonishing details about the author of the JonBenÉt Ramsey ransom note, and she presents startling new evidence that exposes the real Jack the Ripper (contrary to popular theories, he wasn't a prince or a painter after all).
Sex, Lies, and Handwriting will have you paying a bit more attention to your -- and everyone else's -- penmanship.
Customer Reviews:
Reads like a "who done it!".......2007-09-05
Enjoyed reading this book as if reading a novel. The information is presented in a clear, fascinating manner. Really couldn't put it down. I'll never look at someone's signature the same.
Soooo revealing! I want more and would love to hear this author speak!.......2007-09-02
Michelle Dresbold wrote a compelling book filled with fascinating stories, but ... what I found even more important, was the way I learned about myself and what my own handwriting revealed. For example ... when I am not fully crossing my "t"... She states that you are not good at following through on things. Wow!!! That has always been one of my frustrations!!! Now that I have been making a conscious effort ... I feel good about the progress I have made. It really does change your life when you change your handwriting. I highly recommend this book. I took my book to work. A guy in our office is really weird and we finally figured out this "nut case". From teenagers to senior citizen's ...You've got to buy this book!!!!
Interesting Crash Course Read.......2007-08-23
Its a very new book, published in Dec 2006, and its contents are definitely going to make any first time reader glued to its pages. I also purchased Karen Amend & Mary Ruiz's "Handwriting Analysis: The Complete Basic Book" and borrowed from my local library "Handwriting Analysis: How to make it work for you" by Andrea McNichol.
On comparison of the three, Miss Dresbold's book is more like an introduction that really gets your interest in the subject and her outstanding analysis of Jack the Ripper really got me reading (the other two do not have)! Miss Dresbold also highlights more lucidly the characteristics of certain dangerous traits that exists in the handwriting of people, which might provide clues to a dangerous person.
Miss McNichol's book is more like a step by step process of guiding the reader into handwriting analysis; like a school syllabus, which makes for great reading for a first timer, and in fact one would be quite adept at Handwriting Analysis once finished.
The book by Miss Amend and Miss Ruiz... I would describe it as similar to a manual, with the greatest detail and least "introduction paragraphs" and contains the most amount of sample signatures by famous people. However, it does not highlight to the reader what stuff to look out for in people; the book draws equality to all characteristics with little embellishments.
On a personal note, with so much SMS and email going on today, handwriting is probably quite underestimated and overlooked as a tool. Also, I'm not sure if handwriting analysis can apply to cultures that also has other written forms of language, which might 'interrupt' any rules of handwriting analysis as depicted in all three books. These cultures include the Chinese (Chinese Characters focuses on strokes), Indian (particularly rounded handwriting), Thai... etc.
Still, all three books are definitely one to keep!
Intriguing, funny, insightful, useful.......2007-07-29
I've been interested in handwriting analysis since I was in my teen years, but I've found so many of the books on the topic to read like dry, boring textbooks. Not so with Michelle Dresbold's book. From the first page, Dresbold grabs the readers and entertains while instructing. I read the entire book in one day because I was so enthralled with her examples, her writing, and her information.
I particularly liked the structure of the book, how she moved from some general information into more specific examples of analysis. And I felt like after finishing the book, I had a good enough grasp to begin a very rough analysis of the handwriting of those around me (hopefully we won't see any felon's hooks or pugilistic p's).
Sex, Lies and Handwriting.......2007-06-08
This book was an easy read, yet very interesting. The author does not explain how to analyze handwriting, at least not in depth. For me, the most fascinating part of the book was the author's analysis of two criminal cases: Jack The Ripper and Jon Bennett Ramsey. I was convinced that she solved who Jack the Ripper was, and confirmed my suspicions that Jon Bennett Ramsey's mother, Patty, had something to do with the child's murder. The author also discusses other notorious people such as Ted Bundy, Son of Sam and Charles Manson, to name a few. A good book to read as you sit at the beach or poolside.
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- One of the two books I'll be using
- Great stories but maybe too advanced
- An Excellent Book!
- enjoyed it.
- A must to read at bed time for your kids
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Classic Myths to Read Aloud: The Great Stories of Greek and Roman Mythology, Specially Arranged for Children Five and Up by an Educational Expert
William F. Russell
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The most complete collection of Greek and Roman myths specially arranged to be read aloud to children aged five to twelve. "Every child deserves this book. Those who do the reading aloud will be enlightened and rewarded, too."--Edwin Newman
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One of the two books I'll be using .......2007-09-14
I read four books of Greek myths to determine which to use for my 7-year-olds. I will use this and the d'Aulaire's Book of Greek Myths. I like that this book has the pronuciation of the names right in the story (I hate flipping to the end of the book). Most of the stories are between 5 and 10 minutes long so you can read one to three a day fairly easily. This book does not contain any pictures - it is merely to be used for reading aloud.
The author did a wonderful job telling these stories to a younger audience. The language is rich and full and not dumbed down. He also doesn't go into inappropriate detail.
He tells the story of the Iliad and the Odyssey. I didn't want to go into that this year- I'll wait until they're a bit older - so we used the Trojan Horse by Emily Little. While he does a great job, I'll be using Rosemary Sutcliff's books when they're older (Black Ships Before Troy and The Wanderings of Odysseus), so for me, about a third of the book wasn't necessary.
Great stories but maybe too advanced.......2007-01-18
I love all these classic stories but I dont think they keep a small child's attention. The book says five and up and I have a six year old who is very advanced in reading but she didnt know what a lot of the words mean. I had to pretty much retell the stories in my own words to get her into the story. Also she is visual and the book has no pictures. I do think she will love it when she's older though.
An Excellent Book!.......2006-03-09
I homeschool my seventh grade son, and this book is an excellent tool, not only for mythology but language as well. Each chapter begins and ends with a discussion about the topic at hand, and words that are used in the English language today are explained as to how they come from Greek roots. We have been able to build vocabulary, geography and general knowledge. Also included are pronunuciations to difficult words which is very helpful. Many stories could be used for much younger students and they also can be used through high school. There are not graphic explanations or explicit use of violence which make it quite family-friendly, while still being educational and interesting to everyone from age 5 to adult. I highly recommend this book for anyone interested in Greco-Roman mythology or homeschooling.
enjoyed it........2005-07-25
my daughters are still a little young for this, but I'm looking forward to start reading it to them. I started to read it, but the attention span wasn't there without pictures for every paragragh (10 months and 22 months).
A must to read at bed time for your kids.......2004-12-25
Everyone should read this book to their children. It educates and is great story telling. I have two boys, a 10, and a 12 year old. I never see them more in trance, like when they watch TV, than when I am reading aloud a story from this book. The book is written to read aloud. Each story is just short enough for one sitting. It's amazing how you can get so much in a short number of pages for a single story. Each story provides a nice introduction just before the start and a summary of how the story relates words used today. The only thing wrong is I need a follow-up.
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Correr con inteligencia / Hal Higdon's Smart Running: Expert Advice on Training, Motivation, Injury Prevention, Nutrition, and Good Health for Runners of Any Age and Ability
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Controversial and strikingly original, Race Experts looks at how we capsized racial progress in the quest for self-esteem, and uncovers the hidden trajectory and terms of our thinking about race relations since the 1960s. Elisabeth Lasch-Quinn carefully examines the teachings of self-appointed experts and offers a bold and searching analysis of the origins of their ideas in the human potential movement and the radical milieu of the 1960s. This sobering analysis illuminates how far away we are from the issues that deserve our attention.
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Blaming experts for the demise of the civil rights movement?.......2005-02-23
This book lays the blame for the demise of the civil rights movement at the doorstep of a collection of professionals she calls "race experts." These so-called experts have carved out niches for themselves in the last thirty years in fields such as psychology and social work as well as newer professional roles such as diversity trainers whose main objective is to change the racist beliefs of white middle-class Americans. Here, Lasch-Quinn argues that rather than ameliorating racism, race experts have only served to make everyone overly anxious about inter-racial exhanges. To support this argument, she mines an array of sources from popular culture from the 1960s through the 1990s - including films, novels, and advice books, books about therapy and encounter groups, diversity training manuals and videos, and media accounts of multicultural education.
By focusing narrowly on particular sources, Lasch-Quinn ignores a number of other narratives about race that were also circulating during this 30 year time period. As many scholars of race relations have found, Americans continue to tell stories about innate superiority of whites and don't feel guilty about it, stories that disavow the significance of race altogether, and stories about building coalitions and universal human rights, to name only a few. Finally, what Lasch-Quinn fails to point out is that neoconservatives have already come up with a clever rebuttal to the ritual of racial reprimand. People of color who mention race or racism are now ritually reprimanded for "playing the race card."
While the evidence in the opening chapter is not convincing, Lasch-Quinn's exploration of race experts and their misadventures - particularly the chapters on the politics of therapy and encounter groups - brings to light some interesting historical connections between the rise of therapeutic culture and its appropriation of race. Here, Lasch-Quinn explores the convergence between the rise of the human potential movement and its focus on the self as the "new frontier" for change and growth with 60s Black Power rhetoric about empowerment. However, by the end of the book, one is left feeling that all Americans do is worry overly much about whether they are giving or receiving racial slights. While it is true that race is an emotionally loaded issue in the United States, this is not a particularly new finding. What is new is that Lasch-Quinn identifies a body of experts who believe they can solve these problems through the social engineering of feelings and attitudes and, as she argues, they have been largely unsuccessful. For this reason, her book would pose as a counterpoint to political and economic explanations for the demise of the civil rights movement in graduate seminars on American race relations. However, I would not recommend it for use in undergraduate courses. Its narrow focus on race experts as the main culprits in dismantling the civil rights vision of egalitarianism does not provide the necessary historical background for those who know little about the rise of the civil rights movement or the political and economic forces that brought about backlash and retrenchment in the years to follow.
Good writing, good concept.......2003-06-24
The trouble with liberals and intellectuals is that they become so enamored of their concepts of the world as it should be that they are reluctant to check out the way it is. Why haven't all the prescriptions for fixing race relations worked? Is it that a racist conspiracy, of course well hidden, is pervasive throughout the land? Or are there other explanations for the different outcomes and behaviors of the races?
Ms. Lasch-Quinn makes those painful connections and comparisons for them. Between the "low self esteem" theory and the fact that those presumed to have low self esteem are in fact loaded with that quality. They just aren't intellectually very capable and they don't control their impulses. Between the "hurt feelings" school of dealing with diversity and the fact that people express rage more because it works and they can get away with it than for any other reason. Between the notion that whites "ought to to more" and the minority communities' often virulent rejection of their proferred assistance, unless it comes in the form of money or concessions.
As you will note from other reviewers' comments, minds are made up on this matter. Lasch-Quinn should not expect thanks from newly enlightened lefties.
Recommend that readers interested in the scientific aspects of the issue read "The Blank Slate" by Steven Pinker and "Genes, Peoples and Languages" by Cavalli-Sforza. Both are troubling to diversity advocates in academia although both go out of their way to avoid saying anything about differences in ability or achievement between the races. Their theses do, however, undermine the notion that it is illogical to think there would be differences. The next question to ask is whether people have researched such differences and what have they found? Oh. Turns out they have. And why are their findings so successfully supressed and vilified, but never refuted?
Irrefutable.......2002-02-04
... No made up hypothetical abstract theorization in this book. Not a vast this- or that-wing conspiracy, but instead only truthful reality. In tune with, "the criminals' behavior is so obvious they are now profiling themselves," her book makes great timing to display the excess of how white America is obviously being run over by what I see as revengeful behavior. Explaining how minority leaders and mainstream idols are profiling themselves as irrational, illogical, motivated by vile emotionalism and possibly allaround incompetent of any better leadership, the author's writing is backed with only the most blatant real-life, popular culture and everyday workplace examples of white societal submissiveness. She does not fabricate nor materialize, and the examples are so visable throughout society today (movies, television, billboard signs, music, workplace sensitivity, academic 'balancing,' etc.) that even after only one chapter no reader can escape feeling dumbfounded and thinking, "it's about time." The reader's eyes are opened not to a proposed concept but to the truth.
As a person myself who pays keen attention to the lopsided reverse-racism in America and it's idiocy, I indeed found continued use for the book and see it as almost by itself among hardprint. The author displays ingenuity and proposes new perspectives and new penetrating examples, and I particularly liked her investigative nature on how the mess is originating at the highest levels of academia and leadership, and simultaneously provides recent scenarios from such popular media as a Tom Cruise & Cuba Gooding movie.
I do want to emphasize that Lasch-Quinn, of who I do not know, is noticeably gifted in writing. There is a combination of simplicity, enjoyment, and wonderful truthfulness in her book that sincerely puts it in high regard.
Hijackers Misidentified.......2002-01-19
As a historian, Elisabeth Lasch-Quinn should revisit the events of 1968. Elected President that year, partly in reaction to the rioting that followed the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr., Richard Nixon gladly embraced the advice of Daniel Patrick Moynihan to practice a policy of "benign neglect" toward the African American community. The administration decided against rebuilding the nation's cities, and white Americans exited en masse to the suburbs.
Linking to the work of her father (Christopher Lasch, The Culture of Narcissism) Lasch-Quinn instead blames angry black men and wimpy white liberals for disrupting what had been, as she sees it, an ever-expanding, polite circle of inclusion. She claims that various individuals deployed the tools of humanist psychology to make piles of money making whites feel guilty and helping corporations deal with a more diverse workforce without expanding democracy's benefits. I was intrigued by her argument that diversity training, by dealing primarily with employes' emotions, distracts them from larger issues of equity in the workplace, but she doesn't develop it.
Instead, she's bent on belittling anyone who continues to argue that racism is virulent in America. She doesn't address the fact that African Americans as a group still receive poorer housing, education, and health care and greater prison time than their white counterparts. Putting all the "race experts" she despises out of business wouldn't change that, but perhaps she'd consider it impolite to say so.
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Shocking. Controversial. Unprecedented. A case unlike any other in the annals of UFO investigation, DNA research, or alien abduction.
Sydney, Australia. July 23, 1992. Twenty-eight-year-old Peter Khoury was awoken by what appeared to be two females -- both striking and unearthly -- kneeling on his bed. What transpired between them was a physical assault as bizarre and disorienting as it was unnatural. Then, as quickly as they had arrived, they vanished. Khoury had become one of a legion of alien abductees with inexplicable experiences, but this particular incident stood apart from all the others. This time, there was evidence -- two strands of white-blonde hair from one of the females.
Khoury's case would result in the very first forensic DNA analysis of "alien abduction" evidence and revealed an extraordinary biological anomaly -- one genetically close to human yet almost impossibly far from the human mainstream. A gripping account of one of the great mysteries of our time, Hair of the Alien brings us closer than ever before to understanding our past, our origins, and our place in the universe.
The results are nothing less than startling.
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"Shocking. Controversial. Unprecedented. A case unlike any other in the annals of UFO investigation, DNA research, or alien abduction. Sydney, Australia. July 23, 1992. Twenty-eight-year-old Peter Khoury was awoken by what appeared to be two females -- both striking and unearthly -- kneeling on his bed. What transpired between them was a physical assault as bizarre and disorienting as it was unnatural. Then, as quickly as they had arrived, they vanished. Khoury had become one of a legion of alien abductees with inexplicable experiences, but this particular incident stood apart from all the others. This time, there was evidence -- two strands of white-blonde hair from one of the females. Khoury's case would result in the very first forensic DNA analysis of ""alien abduction"" evidence and revealed an extraordinary biological anomaly -- one genetically close to human yet almost impossibly far from the human mainstream. A gripping account of one of the great mysteries of our time, Hair of the Alien brings us closer than ever before to understanding our past, our origins, and our place in the universe. The results are nothing less than startling. "
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What happened to the biochemists?.......2006-02-20
I find it astonishing that one can draw any conclusion that what was found was alien (book title)? The analysis tells us, that this was simply Human DNA. A rare Chinese type DNA and a possible rare Basque/Gaelic type DNA (p77) or this rare Asian Mongoloid DNA (p78 & p224) take your pick. And the author tells us that it is - rare, grafted, CCR5 protein and so on, who said this was rare... it sounds all very human too me. With a population of 1,306,313,812 (July 2005 Ethnic groups - Han Chinese 91.9%, Zhuang, Uygur, Hui, Yi, Tibetan, Miao, Manchu, Mongol, Buyi, Korean, and other nationalities 8.1%) in china today, I can tell you nothing is rare.
The central story is suspended by one miserable thread, for example, how does Chalker identify what is or is not alien hair/DNA? How could you tell unless you took it off a recognised alien to do a match? In fact the hair looks very human too me (see book images).
I am also suspicious when an author tries to anchor or graft their hypothesis onto what seems to be another profession, by a reference or association with that profession. In this case a law and police investigation process. For example Chalker uses the word "Forensic" 70 times. When in fact, Chalker is not trained in Forensic Science nor do we find anyone listed in the book trained in the profession.
Then we have this mystery called "forbidden science" (p67) and the "Invisible college" (p67). Now I can understand the problems that would come about if a scientist steps out on a limb and works outside the mainstream, but in this case Chalker's DNA analysis if processed in an accredited laboratory would be fully backed by that institution, so the need for anyone being put out to burn is redundant, the laboratory would stand by its results, they analysed a "hair sample" that is all, nothing odd about that. But no, Chalker works in a mystery, when in fact the whole process is everyday normal and the need for these mysteries is stupid.
So that brings me to who did the analysis, well from what we can find out.... I don't know? A group called Anomaly Physical Evidence Group (APEG) (p70) did the analysis? Again nothing, not one person or laboratory name, who are these biochemists? So how does the reader verify the credentials of the technical work? Not very forensic to me. And if this was an astonishing discovery, one would expect "Biochemists" would jump on a paper to take the credit. But no... they are going to work through the author (Public face p70), well that's what the author tells us. He even tells us that it is "my APEG team", that is right readers "my"? (p190).
So what was the start point to the Alien Hair find? Well would you believe Khoury, in his own words: "I had a head injury, and I was on a lot of medication" (p23) - Hit on the head! And hit with a shovel or should I say shovels (p24)! Can you find any hints of a prosaic cause, well I can! Then Khoury tells us that he was taking Codeine Phosphate (p24) and as he states "lots". Did you know that one of the side effects of lots of Codeine is hallucinations? But the author does not list any side effects. Then add in Prozac and Voltarin. What happened to the medical reports or even a doctor's name? Nothing, zero, zip.
Forensic my eye, Khoury did his own sample collection and then placed that in a plastic bag (p25), so how did Chalker proved that it came from Khoury's body?
The book does cover other well known cases, my favourite and I would say the best case is the Kelly Cahill encounter (1993) (p50). However, rather than read it in this book, try and find Cahill original book (Encounter, Harper Collins, 1996, ISBN 0732257840), it is very good and worth the effort.
I could go on, but there are too many things to list. I think the author has over stepped his position or qualifications (Chalker is not a biochemist) and tried an interesting form of word association to sell us a weak story that stands on a lot of "Ifs & Buts" around hidden so called APEG mystery biochemists.
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No title.......2006-02-17
Chalker proves his point with a well documented book. This is well worth reading.
Forensic DNA Evidence Analysis of Alien Hair.......2006-01-21
It's about time. Finally, evidence. After you have read a number of abduction books, the bottom line has always been.."How can you prove your story?' For me, I found the appendix section covering Phase One and Two of the Hair Shaft and Root Analysis by the Anomaly Physical Evidence Group (APEG) to be extremely interesting and sobering. I hope this professional scientific group will continue their research, and publish it without editorial sanitizing by the mass media. I also appreciated the extended notes section that added necessary detail and expanded on the subject matter. This book is definitely worth reading for the casual or seasoned alien abduction reader.
Important.......2005-10-03
I used to gobble up UFO books with both hands. The problem was that there was really too much literature out there and too much of it simply did not withstand the test of time. There was a lot off shoddy research and shoddy investigation. I suppose one shouldn't be surprized. It's a complex phenomenon and there are a lot of misleading avenues and dead ends. There is also a lot of evidence to support nearly any view you want to take concerning the subject. So...over the past number of years I've tried to limit my readings to books that seem to have a higher level of scholarship. And, as many of the earlier works were a bit of a shotgun blast, I attempted to read books that were a bit more narrowly focused, and to see where (if anywhere) research was heading.
I'm not certain why I grabbed this book off the shelf. I'm not familiar with the author or his place in the UFO community. The subject did, however, have an interesting premise. Anyway...I bought, read it, and really liked it. This is an important piece of work to add to the pile of extant literature on the subject. It is the first time (that I know of) that DNA testing has been used to try and verify the objective reality of an alien contact/abduction. The case is interesting and the follow-up satisfies my sense of professionalism.
Though this case might be merely the next "display" the alien intelligances are laying before us, it still constitutes physical, testable stuff to work with. Something we've had little of in the past.
Also important was the author's reviving of the possible link between alien encounters and those encounters experienced by other cultures throughout the world and history. Particularly with stories originating in the British Isles. Other investigators such as Jerome Clarke have attemted this in the past, but there is a somewhat stronger case being made of it in this book.
My only quibble with the book (and it's a minor one) is the outline. I'm not certain why Chalker arranged things as he did. There are hoax cases thrown in among the more verifiable portions for no reason I can determine other than his wanting to show his readership that he knows a false story when he sees one. Other than that it is a scholarly work that deserves its place as the next rung in a ladder leading to the possible solution to one of the most perplexing riddles of our time.
Customer Reviews:
Business Strategy? Yes...Spirituality...None here........2004-02-12
I bought this book for a friend because I figured she wouldn't appreciate the new age stuff available in the market. She said that it was exactly like the information she read in university. I figured she was exaggerating. I've never been to a business class that talked about intuition. So I read it myself. This is a 'holistic marketing'/people management book. It still has meditation and feelings information in it, if you can find it amongst the case studies and examples of how so-and-so made millions on a "hunch". So if you're a skeptic, this book is for you. If you're looking for a touchy-feeley book, I suggest Sonia Choquette's book, "The Psychic Pathway" and Lynn Robinson's, "Compass of the Soul" for your reading and informational pleasure. Plus the format of those books are MUCH more engaging and interesting compared this book. After reading a couple of pages, I was dozing off. Needless to say, I'm selling it back since I've no use for it. And neither does my friend...
a very helpful, extensive guide........2000-06-29
This is one of the best books I have read on learning to access the wisdom we all carry within us. Although I have used workbook formats in the past that did not really inspire me, this one really did draw me into interacting with the author's ideas via the text. The format works well for learning intuition, since you work through the techniques chapter by chapter, rather than simply read about them. The book is very well-organized. It starts out discussing just what intuition is and how using your intuition can help you. It then proceeds to teach how to work with your inner self, both for practical problem solving and for spiritual growth. Chapter headings include Centering, Receptivity, Interpreting Images from the Intuitive Mind, and Achieving Mental Clarity. There are sections on working with your dreams, meditation, and using intuition to succeed in the workplace. This listing only scratches the surface of what the book offers however. The author has included, in addition to a very complete text, an end section with reading suggestions and additional resources. I have used the book for a number of years now, and every time I come back to it I gain something new. I highly recommend it.
A good buy.......1999-01-03
This book is worth having for the breathing exercises alone. I've been amazed at how easily I can relax. It is very easy to read and follow.
Excellent resource and guide to a functional intuitive skill.......1998-02-13
Since I helped to write, edit and prepare the books I am somewhat biased. However, in this book you will discover how those "feelings" that often guide your decision making can be identified, developed to become and incredibly useful skill in both decision making and the creative process. Dr. Emery's "students" include some of the country's top executives and business leaders. Easy to use and follow.
Book Description
How does Santa know how to match the exact right toy with the exact right kid every December?
He knows because he's the world's number one kid and toy and gift expert, and he works long, long hours the whole year through, taking notes, compiling his research, thinking and testing and changing his mind. Then, at last, he gets it all figured out, and on Christmas morning, he makes magic happen.
Celebrated author-illustrator Marla Frazee's fresh, lively take on a traditional subject is sure to become a favorite with young believers everywhere. With delicious humorous moments and a warm, unexpected ending, this book is truly a Christmas treat, one that begs to be read aloud and savored year after year.
Customer Reviews:
Santa, the TRUE expert!.......2006-11-07
I just got this book for my son, and now I'm buying a copy for my soon-to-be nieces. This is the best Santa story book I've ever read! It's fun and delightful and you can't help but laugh at the big task Santa has every year. You will NOT be disappointed! The illustrations are fantastic and it will bring delight to your face as well as your children's! A must-have for every family!!
Number One Book on Santa Ever.......2006-06-27
Marla Frazee has put all other Santa books to shame. If you own ONE book about Santa let it be this one. Her words and illustrations perfectly capture this great jolly man. Full of humor, warmth and tenderness it should definitely be in every stocking for generations to come.
Adorable........2005-11-14
I love the illustrations in this book, Santa on a pogo stick, Santa surrounded by all of his empty mugs of hot coccoa after figuring out the perfect gift for every child (perfect 99.9% of the time).
This book is about how the perfect gift from Santa ends up under the Christmas tree.
I just thought this book was adorable, well written and with fantastic illustrations.
A great gift!.......2005-10-11
Santa Claus is a pretty smart person. He knows just about all there is to know about kids, toys and the gifts kids want. And in Santa Claus the World's Number One Toy Expert, the reader is privy to the way Santa gets to know all the world's children.
We're shown how Santa makes sure all the toys are fun and learn that 99.9% of the time Santa, through hard work and practice, makes sure that each child receives the 'exact right toy.' The other 1%? No one is perfect, not even Santa Claus.
Children will be drawn into the story of how Santa does what he does. The illustrations are whimsical and add to the explanation.
Armchair Interviews says: The prediction is that children will read this book and dream of their perfect Christmas toy.
Book Description
Psychological insight is the creed of our time. A quiet academic discipline two generations ago, psychology has become a voice of great cultural authority, informing everything from family structure to government policy. How has this fledgling science become the source of contemporary America's most potent ideology?
In this groundbreaking book--the first to fully explore the political and cultural significance of psychology in post-World War II America--Ellen Herman tells the story of Americans' love affair with the behavioral sciences. It began during wartime. The atmosphere of crisis sustained from the 1940s through the Cold War gave psychological "experts" an opportunity to prove their social theories and behavioral techniques. Psychologists, sociologists, and anthropologists carved a niche within government and began shaping military, foreign, and domestic policy. Herman examines this marriage of politics and psychology, which continued through the tumultuous 1960s.
Psychological professionals' influence also spread among the general public. Drawn by promises of mental health and happiness, people turned to these experts for enlightenment. Their opinions validated postwar social movements from civil rights to feminism and became the basis of a new world view. Fascinating and long overdue, this book illuminates one of the dominant forces in American society.
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